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Not sure about Cambridge international exams but the same problem has cropped up with regular A-levels where almost 30% of students received As, so they had to introduce a new A* grade. Which 8,6% of students achieve. So Oxford and Cambridge colleges receive more applicants with nothing but A grades than they have places, too.